TY - GEN
T1 - Power rating of photovoltaic modules per IEC 61853-1 standard using a new outdoor test method
AU - Vemula, Meena Gupta
AU - John, Jim Joseph
AU - Kuitche, Joseph
AU - Tamizhmani, Govindasamy
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Photovoltaic modules are typically rated at three test conditions: STC, NOCT and Low irradiance. This paper discusses the power rating of modules at twenty-three test conditions as per the IEC 61853-1 standard using a new outdoor test method. Polycrystalline silicon modules from four different manufacturers were installed on the two-axis tracker and monitored for up to 12 continuous days. In order to obtain the I-V data at wide range of temperatures and irradiance levels, four identical modules were simultaneously installed on the tracker with and without thermal insulators on the back of the modules and with and without mesh screens on the front of the modules. This work investigates the minimum number of days required to perform power rating of modules at twenty-three test conditions.
AB - Photovoltaic modules are typically rated at three test conditions: STC, NOCT and Low irradiance. This paper discusses the power rating of modules at twenty-three test conditions as per the IEC 61853-1 standard using a new outdoor test method. Polycrystalline silicon modules from four different manufacturers were installed on the two-axis tracker and monitored for up to 12 continuous days. In order to obtain the I-V data at wide range of temperatures and irradiance levels, four identical modules were simultaneously installed on the tracker with and without thermal insulators on the back of the modules and with and without mesh screens on the front of the modules. This work investigates the minimum number of days required to perform power rating of modules at twenty-three test conditions.
KW - IEC Standards
KW - Linearity
KW - Photovoltaic Systems
KW - Temperature Distribution
KW - Temperature measurements
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U2 - 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744253
DO - 10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744253
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84896484438
SN - 9781479932993
T3 - Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
SP - 724
EP - 728
BT - 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Y2 - 16 June 2013 through 21 June 2013
ER -